# טעם
## Aramaic
### Noun

טעם • (t'em) m
* decree
** Tanach, Ezra 5:13, with translation of the New International Version:בְּרַם בִּשְׁנַת חֲדָה לְכוֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא דִּי בָבֶל כּוֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא שָׂם טְעֵם בֵּית-אֱלָהָא דְנָה לִבְּנֵא.bərám bishənát ḥadá lichóresh malká di vavél kóresh malká sam tə'ém bēt-elahá dəná libbəné.“However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

### Verb

טעם • (ta'am)
* to taste

## Hebrew
### Etymology

* Root
* ט־ע־ם (ṭ-ʿ-m)
* 4 terms
From the root ט־ע־ם . Cognate with Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”) and طَعَمَ (ṭaʕama, “to taste”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

טַעַם • (tá'am) m (plural indefinite טְעָמִים, plural construct טַעֲמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
* taste (sense)
* taste, flavour (objective quality of a substance as perceived by the sense of taste)
    שאלה של טעם ― A matter of taste
    יש לזה טעם של טחינה ― It tastes like tahini [lit. "it has a taste of tahini"]
* logic, a reason, a point
    אין טעם לצעוק כי הוא לא ישמע. ― There is no point to yelling because he will not hear.
** 1997, “סוף העולם בלוז‎”, in Bernard Velouise (Bernard and Louise), performed by Meir Ariel:אין טעם לכסות שאין הרבה מה לעשותThere is no reason to cover up that there is not much to do
* (linguistics) a stress, an accent
* a cantillation mark

#### Declension

| Number | Isolated forms | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns |
| Number | State | Form | Person | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Number | State | Form | Person | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| singular | indefinite | טַעַם | first | טַעָמִי | טַעָמִי | טַעָמֵנוּ | טַעָמֵנוּ |
| singular | definite | הַטַּעַם | second | טַעָמְךָ | טַעָמֵךְ | טַעַמְכֶם | טַעַמְכֶן |
| singular | construct | טַעַם־ | third | טַעָמוֹ | טַעָמָהּ | טַעָמָם | טַעָמָן |
| plural | indefinite | טְעָמִים | first | טעמיי / טְעָמַי | טעמיי / טְעָמַי | טְעָמֵינוּ | טְעָמֵינוּ |
| plural | definite | הַטְּעָמִים | second | טְעָמֶיךָ | טעמייך / טְעָמַיִךְ | טַעֲמֵיכֶם | טַעֲמֵיכֶן |
| plural | construct | טַעֲמֵי־ | third | טְעָמָיו | טְעָמֶיהָ | טַעֲמֵיהֶם | טַעֲמֵיהֶן |

#### Synonyms

* (reason): סיבה / סִבָּה

#### Derived terms

* על טעם וריח אין להתווכח / עַל טַעַם וְרֵיחַ אֵין לְהִתְוַכֵּחַ (al ta'ám v'réakh en l'hitvakéach)

#### Related terms

* טָעִים (ta'ím)

#### Descendants

* → Yiddish: טעם (tam)

### Verb

טָעַם • (ta'ám) (pa'al construction)
* to taste
** לירן דנינו, חוזר אלייך (Liran Danino, Returning to You)
    בסוף אני חוזר אלייך — אחרי שטעמתי את החיים שבלעדייךbasof ani khozer elayikh — akhrei sheta'amti et hakhayim shebiladayikhin the end I'll come back to you — after I've tasted life without you

#### Conjugation
### References

* H2940 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

### Anagrams

* מעט

## Yiddish
### Etymology

From Hebrew טַעַם (tá'am, “taste”).

### Pronunciation

* Homophone: תּם (tam)

### Noun

טעם • (tam) m, plural טעמען (tamen) or טעמים (tamem)
* flavor; taste
* reason

#### Related terms

* טועם זײַן (toyem zayn)
* טועם־טעם זײַן (toyem-tam zayn)
* מטעמים (matamem)